Collar



H. BERMAN Oct. 20-, 1942.

COLLAR Filed Dec. 21, 1939 IIIIIIIIIII II III! I:

Patented Oct. 20, 1942 UNiTED STATEE OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to collars for coats and similar articles of wearing apparel, and it is an object of the invention to construct a collar which may be readily turned down to provide a conventional dress collar or arranged to form a standup or military collar.

The invention also has for an object to provide a collar which may be readily adjusted to provide a dress collar or a standup or military collar without one of said two adjustments affecting the appearance of the other.

It is a particular object of the invention to provide a collar constructed in a manner whereby the same may be arranged in the form of either a dress collar or a standup or military collar with the height of the collar at the rear the same in both arrangements.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in front elevation illustrating a collar constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention and arranged to provide a dress or turn over collar with a portion broken away;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure l with the collar adjusted to provide a standup or military collar;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a view in plan of the standup facing of the collar unapplied;

Figure 6 is a view in plan of the dress facing comprised and unapplied.

Figure '7 is a view in plan of an insert herein comprised and unapplied.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawing, l denotes the neck portion of a body garment to which are secured .the dress facing 2 of the collar and the standup facing 3. The facings 2 and 3 at their extremities are provided with the extended portions 4 which fold back on the lines 5 upon the facings whereby the desired finish is given to the inner faces of the facings at the extremities thereof. The facing 2 is cut to extend a desired distance beyond the opposite ends of the facing 3, as indicated by the notches 6, whereby the required standup or military effect is produced when the collar is raised.

The major central portion of the facing 2 is of of:

a width greater than the width of the facing 3, said last named facing 3 being of substantially the same width from one end to the other.

The outer marginal portions of the overlying facings 2 and 3 are connected together, as at I, by the usualstitching while the neck portion of the body garment is secured in a conventional manner between the opposite marginal portions of the overlying facings 2 and 3.

Conventional stiffening material may be employed in connection with the collar as herein disclosed and between the facings 2 and 3 but as such stiffening material or lining forms no particular part of the present invention the same is omitted from the drawing for clarity of disclosure.

The intermediate portion of the facing 2 is folded to provide a plait 8 extending a major distance therealong, said plait being maintained by the stitching 9. This plait gradually increases in width from its opposite ends toward its center with its extremities substantially pointed. This plait is in the general form of a crescent and of a design substantially the same as the insert W as illustrated in Figure '7. This insert I8 is of felt or other material and snugly fits within the plait and is of such thickness to assure the desired thickness of the upper portion of the collar when in arrangement for use as a turn down or dress collar.

It is also to be particularly pointed out that the line of stitching 9 is so positioned and the connection of the facing 2 with the neck portion of the coat is such as to assure the rear portion of the neck of the collar to be of the same height when the plait has been folded to provide either the turn over or dress collar or the standup or military collar.

When the plait 8 is turned up to provide the turn over or dress collar, the connected marginal portions of the facings 2 and 3 fold inwardly or downwardly, as indicated at H in Figure 3, whereas when the collar is arranged to provide a standup or military collar the plait 8 is swung downwardly as illustrated in Figure 4 whereby the facing 3 is extended upward for its full width and with its upper margin at approximately the same height at the rear as the rear portion of the collar when arranged to provide a turn over or dress collar.

The effectiveness of the present collar for use in either of its forms is particularly increased and enhanced by the provision of the filler insert Iii.

I claim: 1. A turn over and military collar comprising a turn down facing and a military facing, means j for connecting the outer marginal portions of l said facings, the intermediate portion of one facing being of a width greater than the adjacent portion of the second facing and extending beyond the marginal portion of the second facing 5 W be secured to the neck portion of a body garn/ I] t Milt} for connecting the outer marginal portions of said facings, the intermediate portion of one facing being of a width greater than the adjacent portion of the second facing and extending beyond the marginal portion of the second facing to be secured to the neck portion of a body garment, said extended portion of the first facing being also for connection to the neck portion of the body garment, the first facing for a major 20 M 2mm [MI/601K tax 1011 0,! y ml by.

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